Lifetime pulls balloon boy's 'Wife Swap' episode from schedule

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Source: CNN

(CNN) -- It's just one thing after another for Richard and Mayumi Heene. They've caused such an uproar after last week's alleged balloon boy hoax that Lifetime won't air a re-run of their "Wife Swap" episode.

Those who pay close attention to TV Guide would have noticed that the Heene family's first episode for the ABC reality show was scheduled to air on Lifetime on Thursday, October 29, at 2 p.m. ET.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/20/heene.wife.swap/index.html

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I just have one thing to say about that...

[TK421]

1. Excellent! May the memory of these bastards fall into oblivion

[SoCalDem]

2. and may those little boys wind up in the care of some sane Heene relative

[TK421]

3. seemingly an oxymoron you got there n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. I saw it the 1st time round. It be interesting to watch in retrospect... he was so abusive to women

[tomm2thumbs]

5. sounds like they may be the network who was inching this along? Guilt??

why else would they pull the episode - we know they have no scruples

[Quantess]

6. That was my first thought. This must be the network that encouraged the stunt.

And now their lawyers are advising them to pull the episode.
Of course, it may be another channel that is responsible for the hoax, not Lifetime.

I think the Heene family were pawns, exploited and used by whichever media outlet put them up to it. Are the Heenes attention whores? Obviously, but I think they also did it for the money the media outlet paid them "for the show".

[Mojambo]

7. Best way to punish the Heenes. They crave the limelight. n/t